Telephone-bracket.



I W.'l. M|LLER. v TELEPHONE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.5| HHS.

1,237,672. Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

77 WW I TELEFHONE-BRACKET;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A11 21, 1917.

' Application filed September 5,1916. ,Seria1No.118,513.

T 0 all'tuhom it may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIs I. MILLER, a citizen of the UnitedState's,-;residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain useful Improvements in Telephone-Brackets,of which the following is a specification, reference 'being had thereinto the accompanying draw- The object of my invention is to provide apivotal connection of novel construction, between the standard of anordinary desk telephone set, and a movable arm secured to a desk orother support whereby the telephone will be supported in any desiredposition and may be oscillated upon a horizontal pivot at the end of themovable sup porting arm to bring the mouth piece to the desiredposition.

Other objects of my invention will appear as the description proceeds,my invention residing in the construction hereinafter described andclaimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a desk telephone supported by a bracketconstructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the supporting fork.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the clamping member secured to thestandard of a telephone. 5-

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modified form of supporting fork.

In the, drawings, a desk telephone of ordinary construction is shownhaving the vertical standard 1, around the rear of which the curvedplate 2 snugly fits. This plate is formed with a vertical shoulder 3 ateach side having an opening 1 therethrough for the reception of the endof a bolt 5, the heads of which pass through opposite sides of a secondcurved plate 6, adapted to fit around the front of the telephonestandard. The ends of the bolts 5 are provided with nuts 7, bytightening upon which the clamp formed by the two curved plates may besecurely fastened to the telephone standard. In practice this clamp issecured to the standard just below the receiver fork stem so that thecenter of gravity of the telephone is below the clamp.

An upstanding lug 8 is formed integral with ea eh 'sideiof the plate 2,and has a threaded opening 9 therethrough as shown in Figs at and 5,, Aplate 10 having an outwardly extending bearing pin 11 formed at itsforward end, and having a horizontal counter sunk slot 12 therein at itsrear end, is adjustably secured to each of the lugs 8 by a bolt 13extending through the said slot and engaging the threaded opening 9 inthe depending lug.

The bearing pins 11 are journaled in bearing openings 14 in the arms 15of a forked yoke 16, which is supported upon the outer end of a suitableadjustable bracket arm 17 secured to a support such as a desk, in anydesired manner. The yoke 16 may either be formed with a shank 18 such asshown in Figs. 2 and 3 or have a bearing 19 formed therein as shown inFig. 6 for the reception of a vertical pivot depending upon the type ofbracket arm to which the yoke is to be attached.

By securing the clamp carrying the bearing pins, to the telephone abovethe center of gravity, the telephone will normally be held in thesupporting yoke in a vertical position, but when so desired it may beoscillated to bring the mouth piece to a convenient position.

It willbe noted that the clamp engaging the telephone may be adjusted tofit standards of various thickness; and that the position of the bearingpins may be adjusted back and forth relative to the clamp so that thetelephone will hang in a vertical position.

I claim as new in my invention:

1. The combination with a clamp comprising curved plates adapted to fitagainst the front and rear of a telephone standard respectively, andhaving bolts adjustably connecting the same, of a lug at each side ofone of the said plates, slotted arms having a bearing pin at their frontend, a bolt passing through each of the said slots and engaging each ofthe said lugs to adjustably secure one of'the said arms to each of thesaid lugs, a forked yoke having a bearing opening in each arm adapted toengage each of the said bearing pins, and a bracket arm supporting thesaid yoke.

2. The combination with a clam adapted to be secured to a telephone stanard, of a lug at each side of the said clamp, a bearing pin adjustablyconnected to each of the said lugs, and a supporting yoke having bearingeach of its arms adapted to receive the said openings in each of itsarms adapted to receive the said bearing pins. p v I 3. The combinationWith a clamp ad'apt ed to be secured to a telephone standard, of slottedarms having a bearing pin at their front end a bolt passing through eachof the said slots and engaging opposite sides of the said clamp toadjustably connect the" said arms and the said clamp, and a supportingyoke having bearing openings in to "be side of the ing pins.

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yoke having lts arms adapted to receive the sald bearbearing pins. 7

4. The combination with a clamp adapted secured to a telephone standard,ofa 15 hearing pin adjustably connected to each said clamp, and asupporting bearlng openings in each of In testimony whereof I aifiX mysignature.

WV'ILLIS I. MILLER.

ssing the commiss'ioner of Patents.

